This week, I obtained a successful judgment on behalf of several tenants against their landlord for a breach of a lease. This is an important topic for landlords and tenants that I want to discuss here. What is a Lease? more »
As a landlord-tenant attorney, my goal is to keep clients out of the dog house (pun intended). That’s why I want to discuss a new requirement for landlords and vacated property: checking for abandoned animals. Landlords and Vacated Property This more »
Options for stopping foreclosure in Massachusetts generally depend on what part of the process the homeowner is in. Depending on the circumstances, a homeowner may be able to avoid a foreclosure and work out a permanent solution for saving their more »
Hiring a landlord attorney is necessary when problems with tenants will not go away. Choosing the right landlord attorney is an important decision, and one that can make all of the difference in your case. Here are three things to more »
Buying a home with existing tenants has many traps for the unwary. While there are advantages to having existing tenants with the purchase of a home, there are also potential areas of liability. Here are three things to keep in more »
This will be a three part blog series on the requirements for obtaining a variance under Massachusetts zoning law. The first post concerned the first variance criterion: a showing that the property has unique conditions. This post discusses the second more »
Massachusetts’s highest court will be issuing a decision in the coming months on an important (and unclear) matter of importance for landlord-tenant law: collecting rent during an eviction. Namely, the court will decide if, during an eviction proceeding, a court more »
Governor Baker is backing a bill to reform zoning in Massachusetts, which will give local municipalities more flexibility in making zoning changes. This bill is a good example of some important lessons for understanding Massachusetts’s land use laws. Zoning 101 more »
Most people familiar with Massachusetts landlord-tenant law know the two most common types of tenancy agreements: a tenancy by lease, where the parties agree to a fixed term for the length of the tenancy, and a tenancy at will, where more »
This will be a three part blog series on the requirements for obtaining a variance in Massachusetts. This first post concerns the first (and often most consequential) variance criterion: a showing that the property has unique conditions. Overview of Variances more »
